Brody Lovett

Mark Lawson as Brody Lovett

One Life to Live character

Portrayed by

Mark Lawson

Duration

2008–12

First appearance

April 24, 2008

Last appearance

January 13, 2012

Created by

Ron Carlivati

Introduced by

Frank Valentini

Classification

Former, recurring

Profile

Occupation

U.S. Naval Officer (2012—)
Police officer with the Llanview Police Department (2009-11)
Bartender at Rodi's (2008-09)
U.S. Navy SEAL in the Second Iraq War (pre-2008)

Siblings	Nadine Lovett
Grandparents	Ryder Lovett

Siblings	Nadine Lovett
Grandparents	Ryder Lovett

Brody Lovett is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live portrayed by Mark Lawson from April 24, 2008 to January 13, 2012.

Brody is a former Navy SEAL brought to Llanview by Adriana Cramer to distract Gigi Morasco from Adriana's fiancé Rex Balsom. A hardened veteran of the war in Iraq, Brody had been "stop-lossed" several times during his tours of duty.

Gigi establishes in 2007 that Brody, the father of her son Shane, had died heroically overseas while she had still been pregnant. Threatened by Gigi's connection to her high school sweetheart Rex, Adriana sends her mother Dorian Lord to get information on the deceased Brody in 2008. Meeting Brody's sister Nadine, Dorian discovers that Brody is in fact alive; disapproving of the match, Brody's mother had told Gigi he had died, and had told Brody that Gigi had moved on to another man. Further, Adriana's suspicions that Gigi had already been pregnant when she had met Brody — and that Rex is most likely Shane's father — are confirmed. She is even more discouraged to discover that Brody and Gigi's relationship was platonic, despite Brody's willingness to give her son a name and his hopes of building a family with Gigi.

With her wedding to Rex approaching — and Gigi and Rex getting closer — Adriana pays the hard-drinking and volatile Brody to come to Llanview. Adriana hopes Brody can distract Gigi from Rex and help keep the secret of Shane's paternity from coming out, which she fears will cement Gigi and Rex forever and doom Adriana's relationship with him. Traumatized by his experiences in the Iraq War and embittered by what he believes was Gigi's abandonment of him, Brody still has feelings for Gigi but is hesitant to disrupt her life. Convinced by Adriana that Gigi and Shane need him, Brody finally makes his presence known to a shocked Gigi and elated Shane at Rex and Adriana's wedding.

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